There is a distinct lack of efforts on the part of the singers, as a result of which the songs being rendered are sans tone and emotions

I was a little bit scared at first. I was in my 30s when I originally sang those numbers. Now, I am old enough. During the recording, David told me that he thought of Burman...

commands one of the biggest vocabularies of all the musicians I’ve encountered. What she can do with her voice is beyond belief. It’s like this amazing natural resource: she has the capability of making her...

Burman was traveling in America and I had stayed here in India. He remembered me and felt sad. That’s how he wrote the song.

Earlier, I know of instances where singers like Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar even stopped recording till they got their preparation right